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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aechmea''
| image = Aechmea fasciata inflorescence.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' [[inflorescence]]
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Bromeliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Bromelioideae]]
| genus = '''''Aechmea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
Over 140, see text.
| synonyms =
''Echinostachys'' <small>[[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]] ex [[Jules Émile Planchon|Planch.]]</small><br/>
''Gravisia'' <small>Mez</small><br/>
''Hoplophytum'' <small>Beer</small><br/>
''Pothuava'' <small>[[Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré|Gaudich.]]</small><br/>
''Streptocalyx'' <small>Beer</small><br/>
''Wittmackia'' <small>Mez</small>
}}
'''''Aechmea''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bromeliaceae]], subfamily [[Bromelioideae]].
''Aechmea'' has more than 140 species distributed from [[Mexico]] through [[South America]]. Most of the species in this genus are [[epiphyte]]s.
==Selected species==
* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]'' <small>[[Lyman Bradford Smith|L.B.Sm.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]'' <small>Mez & Sodiro</small>
* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]'' <small>[[Eduard Friedrich Poeppig|Poepp.]] & [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea aquilegia]]''
* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]'' <small>([[John Gilbert Baker|Baker]]) L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]'' <small>([[Edward Rudge|Rudge]]) Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]'' <small>[[E.Morren]] ex Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea candida]]''
* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' - Amazonian Zebra Plant <small>([[Élie Abel Carrière|Carrière]]) Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]'' <small>[[Carl Axel Magnus Lindman|Lindm.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant <small>[[Charles Antoine Lemaire|Lem.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant <small>Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]''
* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' - Coralberry <small>[[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]'' <small>Wittm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea hoppi]]''
* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lindenii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lingulata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea longifolia]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lueddemanniana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea magdalenae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mariae-reginae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mexicana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' - Living Vase Bromelia
* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]'' <small>[[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]'' <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]'' <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]'' <small>Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]''
* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]'' <small>([[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]] ex [[Josef August Schultes|Schult.]] & [[Julius Hermann Schultes|Schult.f.]]) Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea weilbachii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?221 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Aechmea'']
*[http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/system/botsys.pl?id=429&stufe=G&typ=PFL&sid=T&only=no&syno=no&lang=e SysTax: ''Aechmea'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=5154 Flora Brasiliensis: ''Aechmea'']
{{commons|Aechmea}}
{{Poales-stub}}
[[Category:Bromeliaceae]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = ''Aechmea''
| image = Aechmea fasciata inflorescence.jpg
| image_width = 240px
| image_caption = ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' [[inflorescence]]
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
| divisio = [[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
| classis = [[Liliopsida]]
| ordo = [[Poales]]
| familia = [[Bromeliaceae]]
| subfamilia = [[Bromelioideae]]
| genus = '''''Aechmea'''''
| genus_authority = [[Hipólito Ruiz López|Ruiz]] & [[José Antonio Pavón|Pav.]]
| subdivision_ranks = [[Species]]
| subdivision =
Over 140, see text.
| synonyms =
''Echinostachys'' <small>[[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]] ex [[Jules Émile Planchon|Planch.]]</small><br/>
''Gravisia'' <small>Mez</small><br/>
''Hoplophytum'' <small>Beer</small><br/>
''Pothuava'' <small>[[Charles Gaudichaud-Beaupré|Gaudich.]]</small><br/>
''Streptocalyx'' <small>Beer</small><br/>
''Wittmackia'' <small>Mez</small>
}}
'''''Aechmea''''' is a [[genus (biology)|genus]] of the [[botany|botanical]] [[family (biology)|family]] [[Bromeliaceae]], subfamily [[Bromelioideae]].
''Aechmea'' has more than 140 species distributed from [[Mexico]] through [[South America]]. Most of the species in this genus are [[epiphyte]]s.
==Selected species==
* ''[[Aechmea abbreviata]]'' <small>[[Lyman Bradford Smith|L.B.Sm.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea aciculosa]]'' <small>Mez & Sodiro</small>
* ''[[Aechmea angustifolia]]'' <small>[[Eduard Friedrich Poeppig|Poepp.]] & [[Stephan Ladislaus Endlicher|Endl.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea apocalyptica]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea aquilegia]]''
* ''[[Aechmea beeriana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea blanchetiana]]'' <small>([[John Gilbert Baker|Baker]]) L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea blumenavii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea bracteata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea bromeliifolia]]'' <small>([[Edward Rudge|Rudge]]) Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea caesia]]'' <small>[[E.Morren]] ex Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea calyculata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea candida]]''
* ''[[Aechmea caudata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea chantinii]]'' - Amazonian Zebra Plant <small>([[Élie Abel Carrière|Carrière]]) Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea coelestis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea cylindrata]]'' <small>[[Carl Axel Magnus Lindman|Lindm.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea dealbata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea distichantha]]'' - Brazilian Vaseplant, Vase Plant <small>[[Charles Antoine Lemaire|Lem.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea drakeana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea emmerichiae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea fasciata]]'' - Silver-Vase, Urn Plant <small>Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea filicaulis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea flavorosea]]''
* ''[[Aechmea fosteriana]]'' - Lacquered Wine Cup, Foster's Bromeliad <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea fulgens]]'' - Coralberry <small>[[Adolphe Theodore Brongniart|Brongn.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea gamosepala]]'' <small>Wittm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea hoppi]]''
* ''[[Aechmea kentii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea kleinii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea kuntzeana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lindenii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lingulata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea longifolia]]''
* ''[[Aechmea lueddemanniana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea magdalenae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mariae-reginae]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mexicana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea miniata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea mulfordii]]'' - Living Vase Bromelia
* ''[[Aechmea nudicaulis]]'' <small>[[August Grisebach|Griseb.]]</small>
* ''[[Aechmea orlandiana]]'' <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea pedicellata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea perforata]]'' <small>L.B.Sm.</small>
* ''[[Aechmea pimenti-velosii]]'' <small>Reitz</small>
* ''[[Aechmea pineliana]]'' <small>Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea purpureorosea]]''
* ''[[Aechmea recurvata]]''
* ''[[Aechmea rodriguesiana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea spectabilis]]''
* ''[[Aechmea tillandsioides]]'' <small>([[Carl Friedrich Philipp von Martius|Mart.]] ex [[Josef August Schultes|Schult.]] & [[Julius Hermann Schultes|Schult.f.]]) Baker</small>
* ''[[Aechmea veitchii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea victoriana]]''
* ''[[Aechmea weilbachii]]''
* ''[[Aechmea zebrina]]''
==External links==
*[http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/genus.pl?221 Germplasm Resources Information Network: ''Aechmea'']
*[http://www.biologie.uni-ulm.de/cgi-bin/system/botsys.pl?id=429&stufe=G&typ=PFL&sid=T&only=no&syno=no&lang=e SysTax: ''Aechmea'']
* {{pt icon}} [http://florabrasiliensis.cria.org.br/search?taxon_id=5154 Flora Brasiliensis: ''Aechmea'']
{{commons|Aechmea}}
{{Poales-stub}}
[[Category:Bromeliaceae]]
